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two issues of imminent danger to the united states. sunflares knockout our electrical grid in the united states. i talked to my congressman about this. i want the presidents to discuss the imminent danger. i want you to join and discuss this. there is a shield act proposed and that needs to be considered and passed by congress as soon as possible. there's a new book that says we have reached the peak every thing in our modern way of life is in jeopardy because we are running out of resources. i want your reaction to the shield act and talking about the sun flares which could knock out rical grid.n belgra guest: presidential candidates should be talking about it. it is a priority for the house and senate to pass legislation to address that issue. as far as the book, i've not had the opportunity to read it. i have sat in many hearings and i'm convinced that instead of reaching a peak of our resources in america, i think that we have immense resources in america. we had a hearing two weeks ago and we had a lot of witnesses that said citib
two issues of imminent danger to the united states. sunflares knockout our electrical grid in the united states. i talked to my congressman about this. i want the presidents to discuss the imminent danger. i want you to join and discuss this. there is a shield act proposed and that needs to be considered and passed by congress as soon as possible. there's a new book that says we have reached the peak every thing in our modern way of life is in jeopardy because we are running out of resources. i...
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i was migrating to the united states when i was 20. and i have a son who -- [inaudible] because we didn't have the money to send him to college, and he -- ok. a lot of people was calling in -- they don't have a son inside there. mitt romney, none of them -- none have -- he [inaudible] ok? he doesn't do anything. he doesn't do anything for america. in the cayman islands, bahamas and everywhere else. to fix other people roads and send their children to schools, not in america to help america, so i don't see why serve against president obama. host: yvonne, we're going to leave it there. you wrote an article "can mitt romney recover the soil of american economy" and i think our last caller was alluding to that a little bit. your opinion, what is the sole of republican foreign policy and what does mitt romney need to do to recover it? >> well, there's the realist view which you saw in the george w. administration. people like colin powell and jim baker. there's a conservative strain in the republican party that you saw very strong in his so
i was migrating to the united states when i was 20. and i have a son who -- [inaudible] because we didn't have the money to send him to college, and he -- ok. a lot of people was calling in -- they don't have a son inside there. mitt romney, none of them -- none have -- he [inaudible] ok? he doesn't do anything. he doesn't do anything for america. in the cayman islands, bahamas and everywhere else. to fix other people roads and send their children to schools, not in america to help america, so...
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states more accountable and the united states is not just going to get its way as a matter of course in requests from egypt to do various things and carry washington's water in the middle east like mubarek did. host: our guest is steve cook, you can send us an e-mail, c-span.org or join us on twitter, c-span/wj, news of the morning, we've been following this war in syria, which has an civil war, and how serious is it, and what, if anything, can the u.s. do? guest: well, i don't think that it being an all out civil war is actually news. we've been in a civil war situation in syria for quite some time now. it is an unfair fight, and syrian activists and opposition will say that it was a war that was forced upon them by the regime, that this is not a classic case of brother fighting brother. it's the regime's use of overall force, left with no choice to respond. but this is a horrific, tragic situation in which many people are going to die. there was a time when i believed that the united states could intervene in a constructive way. now that we are in an all out civil war, it is a ques
states more accountable and the united states is not just going to get its way as a matter of course in requests from egypt to do various things and carry washington's water in the middle east like mubarek did. host: our guest is steve cook, you can send us an e-mail, c-span.org or join us on twitter, c-span/wj, news of the morning, we've been following this war in syria, which has an civil war, and how serious is it, and what, if anything, can the u.s. do? guest: well, i don't think that it...
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we don't 79 a socialist agenda in united states. that's been tried in europe, and look how bad off they are. it's just a disaster. i don't mind when they call us obstructionists, and i'm proud we're obstructing. i hope we take over all three branches of government. i hope we take over the executive and the legislative in november. host: that's curtis in virginia on our line for republicans. in "the wall street journal," one more item regarding the debates. this is an op-ed from peggy noonan this morning. the debates, this is it, mitt, she writes. host: back to the phones. juan is where we get our next call from. juan is calling from california this morning on our line for independents. go ahead, juan. caller: good morning. i just wanted to let curtis know that i think he's -- i don't know, i think he's a bit of a tyrant the way he talks. but anyway, i'm for a one-party government, as well as it's not the g.o.p. the grand obstructionist party. it's because of them that we've really failed in our only stration as a nation to go forwar
we don't 79 a socialist agenda in united states. that's been tried in europe, and look how bad off they are. it's just a disaster. i don't mind when they call us obstructionists, and i'm proud we're obstructing. i hope we take over all three branches of government. i hope we take over the executive and the legislative in november. host: that's curtis in virginia on our line for republicans. in "the wall street journal," one more item regarding the debates. this is an op-ed from peggy...
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>> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. ♪ like [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: after a 48 minute speech by bill clinton, president obama became the official nominee of the democratic party last night. the first time a former president has nominated a successor. we want to get your reaction to president clinton's speech and to hear what you think president obama should talk about it his acceptance speech tonight. members are on the screen. -- numbers are on the sreen. if you happen to be a de legate and want to talk about what you've seen, we want to hear from you as well. you can also contact us electronically. you can see the different ways there. facebook if you want to make a comment or continue the conversation. or send an e-mail. here is the front page. "the charlotte observer." here is "the wall street journal." from a front-page view of "the financial times
>> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. ♪ like [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: after a 48 minute speech by bill clinton, president obama became the official nominee of the democratic party last night. the first time a former president has nominated a successor. we want to get your reaction to...
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this is the united states of america. host: susan roberts, i want to point out, in our twitter traffic this morning, a whole issue of truth and facts is out there quite a bit. what would you say to that caller? guest: well, i would say that both sides are trying to pick apart of the arts. we now have an age of 24/7 media, there's always someone doing research or blogging about what some of these things mean, fact checks, which i like better than politifact, i'm not sure the average american vote ser listening to some of this. i think that might be part of the narrative that the democrats are going to use in charlotte here at the convention, are some of the facts, and they should reiterate those facts, and you can't be selective about some of these, as many people criticize republicans. people have said that the conventions really give the candidates unfiltered access to the american public. i quite frankly think that it may be unfiltered for those few minutes but it's overanalyzed, so that's one way that people, the ameri
this is the united states of america. host: susan roberts, i want to point out, in our twitter traffic this morning, a whole issue of truth and facts is out there quite a bit. what would you say to that caller? guest: well, i would say that both sides are trying to pick apart of the arts. we now have an age of 24/7 media, there's always someone doing research or blogging about what some of these things mean, fact checks, which i like better than politifact, i'm not sure the average american...
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businesses need a workforce to compete in the united states and the global workforce. we want to make sure they have that work force. we want to train people for the jobs of tomorrow. science, technology, engineering, and and this is to get young girls involved in those subjects so they can participate in the growth industries of tomorrow. there is so much we can do. >> you began this amazing adventure and you were the clear underdogs. >> we are used to being the underdog. we fight like we are when we are not. you cannot take anything for granted. the stakes are so high. the president will be fighting hard to earn the confidence of the american people. >> how was this convention different from denver in 2008? >> the president has a robust track record. keep in mind what happened not long after the convention. our country lost four million jobs. we have created over 4.5 million jobs. we were still in the war in iraq. the president committed to end that war and we have done that. the president repealed don't ask, don't tell. i could go on for another 20 minutes. >> you t
businesses need a workforce to compete in the united states and the global workforce. we want to make sure they have that work force. we want to train people for the jobs of tomorrow. science, technology, engineering, and and this is to get young girls involved in those subjects so they can participate in the growth industries of tomorrow. there is so much we can do. >> you began this amazing adventure and you were the clear underdogs. >> we are used to being the underdog. we fight...